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Approved Executive Committee
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
WCSU Executive Committee Members present: Charlotte Hanna Bassage, Chair; Jan Aldrich, Vice-Chair; Chris McVeigh, Clerk; Ginny Burley, Amy Brewer Administrators Present: Robbe Brook, Superintendent; Carole Freeman, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment; Jeff Arey, Director of Technology; Lori Bibeau, Business Administrator; Jen Miller-Arsenault, Early Education Coordinator; Nancy Thomas, Assistant Superintendent/Director of Special Services; Lindy Johnson, Literacy Coordinator
1.0 Call to Order: Charlotte Hanna Bassage called the meeting to order at 5:03.
1.1 Agenda Revisions: none
1.2 Public Comments and Correspondence: none
2.0 Executive Session: The board moved in to Executive Session by consensus at 5:04. The board motioned by consensus to move out of Executive Session at 6:40. Chris McVeigh moved to agree to a Memorandum of Agreement to the current contract with the Teachers’ Association for early retirement as written from the current negotiations. Ginny Burley seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Chris McVeigh motioned to authorize the Superintendent to offer the position of Director of Special Service as discussed. Jan Aldrich seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
3.0 Consent Agenda: Chris McVeigh motioned to approve the consent agenda. Amy Brewer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
3.1 Approve Minutes of January 27, 2010 Executive Committee
3.2 Approve Minutes of January 27, 2010 Executive Committee and Montpelier School District
3.3 Accept Resignation of Speech Language Pathology Assistant
3.4 Approve Board Orders for February and March in the amount of $281,656.55
3.5 Financial Report: Lori explained a few changes to the financial. The first change has to do with the extra expense for the geothermal in the amount of $5,000. U-32 offered to pay $15,000 for the geothermal; however, the extra cost is for design work for the engineer and architects that were not included in the original bid. Lori also explained that all of the school boards adopted the policies regarding the additional background checks; there is an extra expense for the many personnel hours to process everyone within the district along with all of the volunteers, substitutes and bus drivers. We have had one dedicated staff person processing the background checks since we have started the process. This is projected to cost the district $10,000 thus far that had not been budgeted either this year or next year. Charlotte noted appreciation that this work is centralized versus being done by each local school.
4.0 Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment’s Report: Carole mentioned that Marge Lipson will present the WCSU literacy audits in April. First, Marge will present them to the WCSU Administrative Team and then to the steering committee. After that, Marge will present the individual schools audit to each school. 5.0 Superintendent’s Report: Robbe reviewed the minor change to the calendar.
5.1 Adopt WCSU 2010-2011 Calendar: Jan Aldrich motioned to adopt the WCSU 2010-2011 Calendar. Amy Brewer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
6.0 Prepare for Full Board Meeting: The board discussed the slate of officers for to be presented at the Full Board meeting. There will be an agenda revision as there needs to be a motion to Executive Session to discuss negotiations. 7.0 Adjourn: The board adjourned by consensus at 6:58. Respectfully submitted,
Michelle Ksepka
Recording Secretary |